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Josh Findlay

Josh Findlay serves as the Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s national Election Protection Project. Previously, he was the first-ever National Director of Election Integrity for the Republican National Committee, where he was responsible for building the organization’s national Election Integrity infrastructure, implementing the party’s first national issue reporting system and placing over 80,000 new citizens in election roles.

Election Integrity

Liberal Strongholds Have an Election Process Problem

Software glitches. Human errors. Poor record-keeping. Liberal strongholds have developed a habit of treating election administration failures as isolated technical problems instead of examining the process that allowed them to happen. Something goes wrong. A technical explanation follows. Officials announce that the problem has been addressed and assure voters that the system worked. Fixing the...

August 21, 2026

Election Integrity

How Kamala Harris Accidentally Sold the SAVE America Act

Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the SAVE America Act for requiring proof of identity when registering to vote. Well, yes. Requiring someone to establish that they are a U.S. citizen before being added to the voter rolls is not some hidden provision critics just uncovered. The SAVE America Act was written to require documentary proof of...

August 17, 2026

Election Integrity

New Jersey’s ‘Software Glitch’ Isn’t the End of the Story

“I promised New Jerseyans that my administration would confront the issue with accountability and urgency.” That is what New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said one week after she admitted at a press conference that roughly 6,600 noncitizens were registered to vote because of what she described as a “software glitch.” The governor also announced that the state...

August 1, 2026

Election Integrity

Proof of Citizenship Isn’t Enough. Just Ask New Jersey.

In a Truth Social post last week, President Donald Trump renewed his push for the SAVE America Act, once again arguing that proof of citizenship and voter identification are essential to protecting our elections. New Jersey is proving his point. Election integrity is about more than verifying who can vote. It also requires accurate voter...

July 16, 2026

Election Integrity

Democrats’ Maine mess puts insiders back in charge

The Graham Platner debacle raises a larger election-integrity question: Do voters still decide, or do parties reclaim power when elections get messy? “Inclusive.” “Representative.” “Transparent.” That is how Maine Democratic Party Chair Charlie Dingman describes the process for selecting a new Democratic nominee following Graham Platner’s withdrawal from the race. Those are worthy goals. However,...

July 14, 2026

Election Integrity

When Did Citizenship Become Optional at the Ballot Box?

In a 10-5 vote, the Los Angeles City Council voted last week “to advance a measure that would allow non-citizens to vote in citywide and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school board elections.” Let that sink in. In one of America’s largest cities, elected officials are seriously debating whether citizenship should still matter at the ballot...

June 24, 2026

Election Integrity

‘Election month’ is California’s delay by design

The Golden State keeps telling voters patience is the price of accuracy. Florida proves secure elections do not have to take a month. “Accuracy comes before speed.” That was California’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber’s message to voters in a press release issued two days after they started counting votes from June’s primary. In the same release,...

June 12, 2026

Election Integrity

Election Day Does Not Wait for Litigation

Courts have the luxury of time. Election officials do not. Earlier this week, “the Supreme Court allowed Alabama to move forward with its new congressional map in a decision issued Tuesday evening, pausing a lower-court ruling that the map was likely unconstitutional.” In doing so, the Court reiterated a principle that often gets overlooked in redistricting...

June 5, 2026

Election Integrity

Red states are not waiting for Congress to pass the SAVE America Act

States like Florida and South Dakota are taking matters into their own hands. Congress should follow their lead and ensure consistent voting standards. President Donald Trump continues to prioritize the passage of the SAVE America Act, keeping election integrity at the forefront in Washington. However, states are not waiting for Congress to act. Across the...

April 28, 2026

Election Integrity

Is Proof of Citizenship Really Jim Crow 2.0?

As Major League Baseball prepares to open its 2026 season later this month, the return of baseball also serves as a reminder of how heated the election law debate became just a few years ago. In 2021, critics used the same “Jim Crow 2.0” label to describe Georgia’s election reform law, the Election Integrity Act...

March 11, 2026

Election Integrity

‘Prove it’ isn’t an insult. It’s a standard.

Trust needs guardrails. The SAVE Act promotes straightforward verification that most voters already support. President Donald Trump last Friday night took to Truth Social to reiterate his support for voter ID and proof of citizenship for voting. His message was simple and direct: Elections should be decided by eligible American citizens. That position aligns with what most...

February 19, 2026

Election Integrity

Nicki Minaj Is Right. We Need Voter ID.

Rapper Nicki Minaj took to X on Sunday to show her support for voter ID laws, questioning why our country continues to debate whether citizens should present an ID to vote. Her post struck a chord with me because it underscores a common-sense principle for every voter: our democracy only works when citizens can trust our election...

February 4, 2026